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I love Ellen. Always have. And now I love her hair. I love her dancing – because it’s completely full of life, and fun. Mia Michaels is on tonight, too, and with all her Emmy nominations, I think her head will take over the stage. Travis is back to choreograph the group number, a…”banana extravaganza”.

To me, this group number is interesting, but not my favorite. There seemed to be a lot of moments where they were “almost” together. That kinda got me. The judges are gushing over Travis, but this wasn’t a standout for me.

Evan and Janette get to work together with Sonia, and they’re cute together. They’re definitely height compatible, but you never know with Sonia routines. For me, the choreo didn’t go far enough. There wasn’t enough mmmph. But at least Mia gave Janette some love as her fave girl on the show this year. Wonder about how Ellen’s going to like being between Nigel and Mary for the whole show.

Kayla’s solo was nice, but more of the same – great lines. Whee.

Hunter Johnson is doing the waltz for Brandon and Jeanine, and they look beautiful together our there on the floor. I can’t judge technicality on this stuff, but I thought the dress was beautiful and made the dance beautiful. Mary says that was respectable, Mia expounds and it’s all blah blah blah to me.

Jason’s solo, lovely. Lots of leaping, great lines…is this deja vu?

Melissa and Ade are working with Tony and Melanie on the cha cha. And they dance to a Spanish version of Yeah? You can definitely see that Ade is really stiff all the way through this dance. This has got to be the biggest opposite for his style. I didn’t really like it. This was not a good night for them. Mia’s right when she says this was Ade’s worst performance. Hope their next dance is better.

Janette’s solo was much more interesting than Kayla’s or Jason’s. I love her.

Kayla and Jason are doing Broadway with TyceD. I really love Tyce’s choreo, generally, and tonight’s piece is no exception. And Kayla nd Jason are excellent in their interpretation. Definitely the best of the first set of performances. Mary got herself a train whistle – that’s crazy. Mia’s critique of Jason was kinda freaky and scary. There are just too many times I want her to shut up.

Ade’s solo was cool – fun with lots of leaping.

Rumba. Evan and Janette with Melanie and Tony. How does Evan have an inner Latino stallion? And now they’re dancing to Kris Allen’s version of Heartless? The music ruined it for me. The dance seemed a little slow, so I just didn’t really get it. [Oooh – Shane is there! Please let there be a Shane Sparks number!!!] Oh – and I think Evan’s got serious cuteface, but Nigel’s comment about his eyelids almost made me hate nigel.

Oh, ew. That’s got to be the worst solo I’ve seen from Melissa. Awful. I don’t even get that one. Ugh.

Jeanine and Brandon are working with Laurieann? Laurieann is on SYTYCD? What what? Pop-jazz, y’all. And there were some really strong moments in this one. I loved the choreo, definitely. And the song was excellent. I saw Jeanine struggling, but she worked it out. And Laurieann was right about making this sans story – this was just about them – as fighters. I have to say, tho, that sometimes Jeanine’s hair was distracting me. It almost made them look out of sync, sometimes. But this was great.

Evan’s solo was just as fun as always, even with the hat-drop. He’s so dynamic in his solos that I sometimes forget his lack of versatility. I could watch him alone every day.

Jeanine’s back up for her solo, adn this is definitely the first solo from her that I’ve actually enjoyed. I wanted that to keep going, actually. I feel like she wasn’t really trying in her other/previous solos. She didn’t really look like she was – but tonight, she dug that sucker out.

TyceD’s piece is about breast cancer. And I think Melissa and Ade can do this. And they did. I’ve got tears. Big time. This was unbelievable, and beautiful and heartbreaking. I’m just a bawling mess. I don’t have anything else to say.

I’m just barely recovering with Brandon’s solo which is incredibly strong. But it’s great. Tumbling that defies gravity.

And yeah – Shane is choreographing Kayla and Jason – zombie people. And that’s how great this show is. I went from crying to smiling in minutes. This was SO fun. I’m super happy to have Shane back on the show, and I’m totally with Nigel – hip-hop has been crappy this season…til now. Yay for Shane and Jason and Kayla! Creepy and lovely and excellent.

I don’t know who should go home this week, but this was a great night, and I’m all ready for tomorrow’s 100th episode! I think I’ve gotta rewatch a couple routines.